Uganda: Pres Yoweri Museveni accepts proposal to run for 6th term in 2021
President Yoweri Museveni KAMPALA, March 23 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, aged 74, has affirmed he still has the…
Ghana: Close to 90 perish in 2 separate accidents
55 perished in gory head-on collision between two passenger buses on the Kintampo-Techiman road ACCRA, March 23 (NNN-GNA) — About…
Kenya inks cooperation deal with Thailand to boost health coverage
NAIROBI, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Kenya’s Health Ministry on Thursday signed a framework agreement on sharing expertise and technologies needed…
Cameroon: 20 kidnapped students freed in restive Anglophone region
YAOUNDE, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Twenty students from the University of Buea’s football team in western Cameroon who were kidnapped…
Zimbabwe declares two days of national mourning as Cyclone Idai kills 139 people
HARARE, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared two days of national mourning following the devastating Cyclone…
One more to go: AU celebrates Ethiopia’s ratification of AfCFTA
ADDIS ABABA, March 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday approved the membership of the country into the Africa Continental…
France to return African treasures to Benin – Pres Macron
PARIS, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday agreed to return 26 cultural artefacts to Benin “without…
Dozens dead in Islamist attack in Burkina Faso: HRW
OUAGADOUGOU, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An offensive by militants in northern Burkina Faso has left dozens of civilians dead and…
Update: Aid workers widen search for Mozambique, Zimbabwe cyclone survivors, death toll mounts
BEIRA (Mozambique), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue workers widened their search in Mozambique and Zimbabwe for survivors of devastating floods…
Zimbabwe raises public workers pay by 29 percent, averts strike for now
HARARE, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s public workers have accepted a 29 percent salary hike for the lowest paid employees,…